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Even more of the Swartland blend that is The Chocolate Block in 2020, production equivalent to 2 982 barrels up from 2 414 in 2019...
The Chocolate Block from Boekenhoutskloof has always been at least sound, and in the case of 2017 rather accomplished, but the 2019 seems slightly ingratiating,...
The Chocolate Block from Boekenhoutskloof, always a supremely reliable red blend, seems to have gone to the next level with the 2017 vintage. Total production...
Boekenhoutskloof's The Chocolate Block, grapes sourced exclusively from the Swartland since 2015, is a phenomenal brand. 1979 barrels proudly proclaims the front label of the...
A recent review of the 2014 vintage of The Chocolate Block from Boekenhoutskloof (see here) prompted cellarmaster Marc Kent to send me a bottle of...
When The Chocolate Block becomes available at the fairly modest store that is Woolworths in Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch, then you know market domination is almost...
As ever with The Chocolate Block from Boekenhoutskloof, there’s nothing not to like about the 2012 vintage (R219.99 a bottle from Liquour City Claremont). A...
Is there no end to the phenomenon that is The Chocolate Block, the multi-regional red blend from acclaimed Franschhoek winery Boekenhoutskloof? The current-release 2010 vintage...
The 36th Nederburg Auction takes place on 3 and 4 September and organisers Distell are apparently confident that they can reverse the negative trends that...
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